16 Memories: A journey to capture moments

Every day, when you surf your phone, you will easily read negative news, a drama full of conspiracy theories… at the same time, somewhere on the internet there are still content with many humanistic meanings. , good values ​​spread to the community. And one of them is the project of two young men Le Huy Anh and Le Tien Huy. With their project, these two young men want to share and spread love to everyone with their passion for photography greater than their own plans.

Lives under the lens of 16 Memories

With 16 Memories, there is no specific object, they simply come across an impressive character and decide to stop, observe and proceed to talk. It can be the uncle who sells lottery tickets every day who sleeps 4 hours a day to earn money to feed his children, eat and study, the owner of a pho restaurant with 3 times betrayed by her husband, a young girl with the desire to share with unfortunate lives, or is an 84-year-old man who is still passionate about working… and has many other lives under the lens of 16 Memories.

Maybe most of the characters in the clips of 16 Memories do not have a rich, affluent life, high social status, they only have hardships, poverty, worries about food, money, and heavy burdens on their shoulders. But the optimism, appreciation of life, and keeping an honest soul cannot be hidden in the eyes of those poor people. As 16 Memories mentions the words of the sidewalk plum seller: “The situation is arranged by life, but being kind and honest is your choice!” Or the words of uncle picking up bottles to make a living day by day: “Know how to appreciate what you have, don’t lose it and then regret it…”… And there are many more confided words imbued with the word love. characters of the characters that 16 Memories recorded.

However, because the characters are randomly searched and photographed without any arrangement, taking and giving photos to the characters is also very difficult.

Traveling a lot, meeting a lot and confiding a lot with different circumstances, 16 Memories confided that: “The story that left the most emotions for those 16 Memories was probably the situation of Uncle Truong in Thuong Ly’s side. It was raining quite heavily that day, and Tien Huy and I were looking for a character like so many other days, when we accidentally caught an uncle picking up cans on the sidewalk.When we met, we were quite surprised because he was deaf and mute. born”.

“We tried to communicate with him with gestures and followed him to his house to learn about his family. When we arrived at the house, we were quite surprised because he and his family lived in a 4-storey house. It’s small and small. What I miss the most is her talking eyes when receiving gifts and our photos taken for her. Your story has given us a lot of motivation to keep going. spreading love to many others”.

Project content is increasingly diverse

When the channel was first started, 16 Memories only shot and donated photos in Hai Phong, now, after a period of operation when many people know and support the funding, 16 Memories has the opportunity to share more. meaningful life stories in more locations than in big cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh.

16 Memories is perhaps like a light that warms the human soul, showing that there is still a lot of good in our lives. The two young people are a proof that creativity has no limits, it doesn’t have to be grandiose, it’s simply the simplest and most authentic things.

The followers of 16 Memories are still growing. This is considered a good sign that beautiful and humane stories have been spread, creating a positive influence on the community. Most importantly, 16 Memories asked us to remind Gen Z young people that youth is the most precious period to experience, so live your life with passion and confidently do what you love.

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